Day at the Lake

Noting that swimming was not the intention for ME...but the kids had fun.

The water was a bit cool, around 65º I'm guessing. Not my idea of a good time.

Watching them, however, was a GREAT time.

Dinosaur Revenge!

Sam Noble Museum of Natural History...or as we call it, The Dinosaur Museum!

 Bre's favorite place to be...you can tell because she's rocking pretty hard in these pictures!

 Nathan's first time to really notice the mammoth

 Tradition! Someone must be squished by the mammoth on every visit

 The overview

 New exhibit is SO awesome, worth paying to see even!

Nathan loves this blow up of bugs helping a mouse decay. Only he's convinced it's a dog, with REALLY big bugs. no wonder he has nightmares.

 Boys loved the interactive computer screens!

 And Bre was just overall happy. all of her pictures blurry from stimming

Valentine's Day zoo trip, part 2

The sea lions were barking loudly today

 and Ava was so enthralled

 around to the meerkats, where the kids made eagle sounds to perk the animals up

 I think Nathan weighs as much as she does

 Ava

 Nathan

 Compensatory fries

 math games on the drive home

 self portrait by Emily

Valentine's Day zoo trip, part 1